You all are cracking me up - marking posts titled "DED" and "Joni" as njc ;-)
Glad you got DED, Mack. That was the only one I didn't get when it first came out. I never got it until a few years ago and think it is her best all-around of the 80s. I can't believe some would not like Ethiopia - to me it is the masterpiece of the set. I introduced a friend who knew nothing about her other than Big Yellow Taxi to just the lyrics of the DED album and he was completely blown away by her genius. Converted him in one fell swoop ;-) And Bree, don't worry too much about Joni going away from music forever - she has been saying this since around the second album. Hopefully it is one more false alarm. No one with music in their soul can ever go away from it for too long. Kakki